Tag: "Shroud of Turin"

Easy Solutions for Reluctant Evangelizers
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Easy Solutions for Reluctant Evangelizers

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Discomfort does not excuse us from evangelizing. After all, Jesus was uncomfortable on the cross. And if Scripture and the Catholic Catechism of the Church are to be taken seriously, it seems that we have no excuse. “Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist are sacraments of Christian initiation. They ground the common vocation of all Christ’s disciples, […]

How Two Sacred, Bloody Images Take Us to God
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How Two Sacred, Bloody Images Take Us to God

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One year ago, on May 23, 2010, the Holy Shroud of Turin was placed out of public view at St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Turin (Torino), Italy.  We are not expected to see it again until the year 2035.  For only the 18th time in its 2,000 year history, the Church’s most venerated relic […]